The Second Soviet Republic
Title | The Second Soviet Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Yaroslav Bilinsky |
Publisher | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 568 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | History |
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In terms of economic potential and political future, the Ukraine was second only to Russia itself among the fifteen Soviet Republics that comprised the USSR after World War II. Although Ukraine was dependent upon the dictates of Moscow, there was much evidence to support the thesis that the spirit of the Ukrainian nationalism had survived and flourished under the weight of Soviet nationality policy. Despite liquidating the Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church, the attempt to eliminate the Ukrainian language and its rich literary heritage, and bombarded by mass propoganda aimed at the schools, the Ukrainian people continued clinging to their national identity against these odds. In this analysis of the political and social structure of the Ukraine since World War II, Dr. Bilinsky shows that the methods designed to integrate the Ukraine in the USSR have produced factors which contributed to rather than diminished Ukrainian national consciousness. This book is about the Ukraine, but in a larger sense it is a systematic, comprehensive, and revealing ctitique of the Soviet policies and techniques employed in holding together the widely differing cultural, linguistic, and geographical segments of the world's largest state.
Governing the Soviet Union's National Republics
Title | Governing the Soviet Union's National Republics PDF eBook |
Author | Saulius Grybkauskas |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2020-11-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0429749287 |
Second Secretary of the Central Committee of a Soviet republic does not sound a very important position, but as this book shows it was an extremely important role, one that helped hold the Soviet Union together and helped to keep it going for so long. The key was that Second Secretaries were both members of a Soviet republic’s ruling body and at the same time members of the All-Union ruling elite - they were often characterised as Moscow’s governor generals. This book examines how the position of Second Secretary was established by Khrushchev in the 1950s, explores how it took on increasingly important political functions representing Moscow’s interests in the republics and the republics’ interests in Moscow, and discusses how the conflicts, inherent in the role, developed. The book also provides biographical details of the people who held the position and argues that the role was extremely effective in managing what could otherwise have been very difficult relationships between centre and periphery.
The Soviet Myth of World War II
Title | The Soviet Myth of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Brunstedt |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2021-07-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108584888 |
Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as arguably the supreme myth of state under Brezhnev. Jonathan Brunstedt offers a timely historical investigation into the roots of the revival of the war's memory in Russia today.
The Sixteen Soviet Republics
Title | The Sixteen Soviet Republics PDF eBook |
Author | Soviet Union. Posolʹstvo (U.S.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Soviet Union |
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Fashion Meets Socialism
Title | Fashion Meets Socialism PDF eBook |
Author | Jukka Gronow |
Publisher | Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2015-08-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9522227528 |
This book presents, above all, a study of the establishment and development of the Soviet organization and system of fashion industry and design as it gradually evolved in the years after the Second World War in the Soviet Union, which was, in the understanding of its leaders, reaching the mature or last stage of socialism when the country was firmly set on the straight trajectory to its final goal, Communism. What was typical of this complex and extensive system of fashion was that it was always loyally subservient to the principles of the planned socialist economy. This did not by any means indicate that everything the designers and other fashion professionals did was dictated entirely from above by the central planning agencies. Neither did it mean that their professional judgment would have been only secondary to ideological and political standards set by the Communist Party and the government of the Soviet Union. On the contrary, as our study shows, the Soviet fashion professionals had a lot of autonomy. They were eager and willing to exercise their own judgment in matters of taste and to set the agenda of beauty and style for Soviet citizens. The present book is the first comprehensive and systematic history of the development of fashion and fashion institutions in the Soviet Union after the Second World War. Our study makes use of rich empirical and historical material that has been made available for the first time for scientific analysis and discussion. The main sources for our study came from the state, party and departmental archives of the former Soviet Union. We also make extensive use of oral history and the writings published in Soviet popular and professional press.
Soviet Union
Title | Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond E. Zickel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1182 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Russia |
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The Second Socialist Revolution
Title | The Second Socialist Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | T. I. Zaslavskai︠a︡ |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
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An influential Soviet sociologist analyzes the social and economic straits of the country, the current reform policies, and the effect restructuring would have on various segments of the population. She argues for political democratization as the only guarantee of reform. Cloth edition (unseen), $35. Translated from the Russian, and most of the sources cited are in Russian. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR